Jefferson County, West Virginia    Biography: William De Herthburn WASHINGTON

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Arizona, the Youngest State, S.J. Clarke Publishing, 1913, page 367

William De Herthburn Washington

William De Herthburn Washington, an upright and straighforward gentleman, well 
worthy of the honored name he bears, is one of the leadng and progressive 
businessmen of Douglas, Arizona, where he is secretray and treasurer of the 
Douglas Hardware Company, Inc. He was born in Jefferson County, West Virginia
in 1864, a son of Richard Blackburn Scott and Christine Maria (Washington) 
Washington, both of whom have passed away, the mother dying in 1896 and the 
father in 1911.  Both were representatives of the Washington family, the father
being a direct descendant of John Augustus Washington, a brother of George 
Washington, while the mother was descended from another brother, Samuel 
Washington.  In their family were seven children: John A., who resides in 
Jefferson Co. West Virginia; Elizabeth, the deceased wife of George H. Flagg,
who has also passed away; Samuel Walter, of Charlestown, West Virginia;
Richard Scott Blackburn of Woodbury, New Jersey, Christine M. who lives 
upon the old homestead in West Virginia; George S. of Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania and William de Herthburn of this review.

The last named was reared in the country home called Harewood, which was
built by General George Washington for his brother.  The property was 
inherited by the father of the subject of this reivew and is now owned by
John A. Washington.  In the acquirement of an education William attended a 
district shcool in Jefferson County and laid aside his books at the age of
fourteen in order to begin his business career.  He clerked in a railroad 
office for some time and then became a civil engineer, working at this
profession for three years.  In 1882 he left West Virginia and went to 
Texas, where he engaged in stock raising, going at the end of two years
to New Mexico.  There and in old Mexico he followed mining until 1893, 
in which year he took up his residence in Arizona.  For several years he
was well known as a general merchant in Wilcox but later removed to Johnson 
and then to Pearce where he served as the first postmaster of the town for
two years.  His residence in Douglas dates from 1903 in which year he
establisehd himself in the furniture and undertaking business with which 
he was identified until 1909 when he organized the Douglas Hardware Company
with a capital stock of twenty thousand dollars.

In Feburary 1901, Mr. Washington was united in marriage to Miss Alice L. Lemons,
a native of texas and a daughter of P.L. and Leola Lemons.  Mr. and Mrs. 
Washington are the parents of one son, Richard Scott Blackburn Washington,
born October 25, 1901.